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Australianism

Australianism noun: a word or phrase only used in Australia, or having a special meaning there.

Noun

Australianism (plural Australianisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A word or phrase only used in Australia, or having a special meaning there.
    • For example, the expression no worries is viewed as an Australianism even though it is now widespread throughout other parts of the English-speaking world.2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62

Forms of Australianism

pluralAustralianisms

Origin of Australianism

From Australian + -ism.

Words formed from Australianism

Questions about Australianism

What does Australianism mean?
Australianism means a word or phrase only used in Australia, or having a special meaning there.
What part of speech is Australianism?
Australianism is a noun.
What is the plural of Australianism?
The plural of Australianism is Australianisms.

Words near Australianism in the dictionary

  1. Australianisation
  2. Australianise
  3. Australianised
  4. Australianises
  5. Australianising
  6. Australianism
  7. Australianisms
  8. Australianist
  9. Australianists
  10. Australianization
  11. Australianize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Australianism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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